Improvement in compositions for dressing leather



UNITED STATES PATENT Genres.

WM. A. RONALD AND HENRY MILLER, OF ROVVAL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMPOSITIONS FOR DRESSING LEATHER T0 RENDER ITWATER-PROOF.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2,431, dated January24, 1842.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. RONALD and HENRY MILLER, of the countyof Rowan and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and ImprovedMode of Dressing Leather; and. we hereby declare the following to be anexact description.

The nature of our invention consists in a new mixture which we apply tothe leather. The mixture is made by boiling together oil, beeswax, tar,and resin-soap in the lollowing proportions, namely: To everyhalf-gallon of oil add one quart of tar, four ounces of beeswax, andfour ounces of resin-soap.

\Vhat we claim as our invention is not the employment of a compositionof beeswax, oil or tallow, and tar for dressing leather, these havingbeen a long time in use.

What we do claim is-- The employment of resin-soap in combination withthearticles specified, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

The advantages resulting from this new ingredient in the composition isthe saving of time and money, as the work can be sooner accomplished,and as there will be a saving of all the tallow heretofore used, andthat the employment of the resin-soap has a tendency to makethe surfaceof the leather more smooth, and that it renders it more impervious tosnow, mud, or water.

To enable those skilled in the art to make use of our invention, we willproceed to describe the mode of its application.

Scour the leather after it is shaved, oil it, and packit away forthirty-eight hours. When it is ready for finishing, lay it on a tablewith the flesh side up and apply a stone of a smooth quality to it, andthen put upon it the cotnp0- sition heretofore described with a rag or asponge, and the leather is then ready for blackening.

WM. A. RONALD. HENRY MILLER.

Witnesses BURTON CRAIGE, JACOB LITTAKER.

